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Mekong River Flooding Threatens Parts Of Phnom Penh
Source: http://ffw.mrcmekong.org/stations/ppp.htm
Source: http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-river-flooding-threatens-parts-of-phnom-penh-43841/
By Kuch Naren and Ben Sokhean – September 28, 2013
Phnom Penh will face flooding in certain areas in the coming days as the level of the Mekong River surpasses emergency level, while heavy rainfall from tropical storm Wutip, which made landfall in Laos from the South China Sea on Friday, prompted the government to release new flood warnings for 11 provinces.
Forty-eight families were evacuated from their homes in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district on Friday after floodwaters inundated their homes in Chbar Ampov II commune, municipal spokesman Long Dimanche said.
“Water from the river has started flowing into parts of Phnom Penh,” he said.
“Of course, we are concerned over flooding in Phnom Penh,” Mr. Dimanche said, adding that city officials have prepared sandbags to staunch floodwaters in low-lying areas of the city.
On Friday, the Mekong River reached 10.06 meters at the Tonle Bassac-Chaktomuk water station on the city’s riverfront, just below the emergency 10.50-meter level, stirring concerns of further flooding in three districts: Meanchey, Dangkao and Pur Senchey.
“We are ready to help evacuate and rescue Phnom Penh residents in three possible flooded districts,” Mr. Dimanche said.
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said in a statement on Thursday that tropical storm Wutip would bring heavy rains between Saturday and Tuesday to most of the country, and coastal fisherman were advised to stay on land until Wednesday.
“The rainfall mentioned will cause Mekong River flooding again,” the ministry said in the statement, which also called on authorities in affected areas to respond to people’s needs in order to avoid loss of life.
The death of a mother and her two young children on Thursday brought to 39 the number of people killed so far by flooding, which has forced almost 6,000 families from their homes and flooded a further 30,000 residences in eight affected provinces: Stung Treng, Kratie, Kompong Thom, Kompong Cham, Kandal, Banteay Meanchey, Oddar Meanchey and Preah Vihear.
In Ratanakkiri province, 24-year-old Srey Noy died along with her two sons, 2 and 4 years old, when the motorcycle on which they were traveling drove into a deep ditch that was submerged by flash floods in Kon Mon district’s Ta Ong commune. Three more people drowned Friday, two in Kratie and one in Kompong Cham, said Keo Vy, deputy director of the information department at the National Committee for Disaster Management.
In Kratie province, flooding from the Mekong River cut off access to some 30 km of National Route 73 between Chhlong district and Kratie City on Wednesday, and on Thursday, flooding closed off Road 371 between Chhlong and Kompong Cham province, said Sreng Sros, deputy director of the Kratie provincial department of public works and transportation. Both routes are under 30 cm of water. A 500-meter stretch of Road 377 in Kratie’s Sambor district has also been impassable since last weekend but motorists heading to the northeast can still travel between Kompong Cham and Kratie via National Route 7, Mr. Sros said.
Khoy Khunnhor, chief of cabinet of Preah Vihear province, said that the province declared an emergency on Friday when the Stung Sen River reached 11.76 meters, far above the emergency level of 10.50 meters.
“Three districts and the provincial capital in Preah Vihear province have been affected by flooding,” said Mr. Khunnhor, adding that hundreds of families have been evacuated to higher ground.
“We told the people near the river to be highly careful of flooding.”
1990 + 2000 GIS Data
Source: http://www.lincolninst.edu/subcenters/atlas-urban-expansion/gis-data.aspx
Ho Chi Minh City but not yet Phnom Penh.
The GIS data used in the analysis and in making the maps can be downloaded from the table below. GIS software, such as ArcGIS, is required to view these data.
For each city in the 120 city sample, these data include:
- two urban land cover maps, one circa 1990 and one circa 2000;
- the administrative boundary shapefile;
- two maps of the urban landscape categories, one circa 1990 and one circa 2000;
- the map of new development categories (infill, extension, leapfrog).
For each city in the 30 city historical sample, these data include the urbanized area shapefiles for each time period.
| City | Country | Region | 120 city GIS Data | 30 city GIS Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accra | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Download | Download |
| Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Download | n/a |
| Ahvaz | Iran | South & Central Asia | Download | n/a |
| Akashi | Japan | Europe & Japan | Download | n/a |
| Alexandria | Egypt | Northern Africa | Download | n/a |
| Algiers | Algeria | Northern Africa | Download | Download |
| Anqing | China | Eastern Asia & the Pacific | Download | n/a |
| Ansan | Korea, Republic of | Eastern Asia & the Pacific | Download | n/a |
| Astrakhan | Russian Federation | Europe & Japan | Download | n/a |
| Aswan | Egypt | Northern Africa | Download | n/a |
| Bacolod | Philippines | Southeast Asia | Download | n/a |
| Baku | Azerbaijan | Western Asia | Download | n/a |
| Bamako | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | Download | n/a |
| Bandung | Indonesia | Southeast Asia | Download | n/a |
| Bangkok | Thailand | Southeast Asia | Download | Download |
| Banjul | Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Download | n/a |
| Beijing | China | Eastern Asia & the Pacific | Download | Download |
| Budapest | Hungary | Europe & Japan | Download | n/a |
| Buenos Aires | Argentina | Latin America & the Caribbean | Download | Download |
| Cairo | Egypt | Northern Africa | Download | Download |
| Caracas | Venezuela | Latin America & the Caribbean | Download | n/a |
| Casablanca | Morocco | Northern Africa | Download | n/a |
| Castellon | Spain | Europe & Japan | Download | n/a |
| Cebu | Philippines | Southeast Asia | Download | n/a |
| Changzhi | China | Eastern Asia & the Pacific | Download | n/a |
| Chicago | United States | Land-Rich Developed Countries | Download | Download |
| Chinju | Korea, Republic of | Eastern Asia & the Pacific | Download | n/a |
| Chonan | Korea, Republic of | Eastern Asia & the Pacific | Download | n/a |
| Cincinnati | United States | Land-Rich Developed Countries | Download | n/a |
| Coimbatore | India | South & Central Asia | Download | n/a |
| Dhaka | Bangladesh | South & Central Asia | Download | n/a |
| Fukuoka | Japan | Europe & Japan | Download | n/a |
| Gorgan | Iran | South & Central Asia | Download | n/a |
| Guadalajara | Mexico | Latin America & the Caribbean | Download | n/a |
| Guangzhou | China | Eastern Asia & the Pacific | Download | n/a |
| Guaruja | Brazil | Latin America & the Caribbean | Download | n/a |
| Guatemala City | Guatemala | Latin America & the Caribbean | Download | Download |
| Harare | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | Download | n/a |
| Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | Southeast Asia | Download | n/a |
| Hong Kong | China | Eastern Asia & the Pacific | Download | n/a |
| Houston | United States | Land-Rich Developed Countries | Download | n/a |
| Hyderabad | India | South and Central Asia | Download | n/a |
| Ibadan | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | Download | n/a |
| Ilheus | Brazil | Latin America & the Caribbean | Download | n/a |
| Ipoh | Malaysia | Southeast Asia | Download | n/a |
| Istanbul | Turkey | Western Asia | Download | Download |
| Jaipur | India | South & Central Asia | Download | n/a |
| Jalna | India | South & Central Asia | Download | n/a |
| Jedda | Saudi Arabia | Western Asia | n/a | Download |
| Jequie | Brazil | Latin America & the Caribbean | Download | n/a |
| Johannesburg | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Download | Download |
| Kampala | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Download | n/a |
| Kanpur | India | South & Central Asia | Download | n/a |
| Kigali | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | Download | n/a |
| Kingston | Jamaica | Latin America & the Caribbean | Download | n/a |
| Kolkata | India | South & Central Asia | Download | Download |
| Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Southeast Asia | Download | n/a |
| Kuwait City | Kuwait | Western Asia | Download | Download |
| Lagos | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | n/a | Download |
| Leipzig | Germany | Europe & Japan | Download | n/a |
| Le Mans | France | Europe & Japan | Download | n/a |
| Leshan | China | Eastern Asia & the Pacific | Download | n/a |
| London | United Kingdom | Europe & Japan | Download | Download |
| Los Angeles | United States | Land-Rich Developed Countries | Download | Download |
| Madrid | Spain | Europe & Japan | Download | n/a |
| Malatya | Turkey | Western Asia | Download | n/a |
| Manila | Philippines | Southeast Asia | Download | Download |
| Marrakech | Morocco | Northern Africa | Download | n/a |
| Medan | Indonesia | Southeast Asia | Download | n/a |
| Mexico City | Mexico | Latin America & the Caribbean | Download | Download |
| Milano | Italy | Europe & Japan | Download | n/a |
| Minneapolis | United States | Land-Rich Developed Countries | Download | n/a |
| Modesto | United States | Land-Rich Developed Countries | Download | n/a |
| Montevideo | Uruguay | Latin America & the Caribbean | Download | n/a |
| Moscow | Russian Federation | Europe & Japan | Download | Download |
| Mumbai | India | South & Central Asia | Download | Download |
| Nairobi | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | n/a | Download |
| Ndola | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Download | n/a |
| Oktyabrsky | Russian Federation | Europe & Japan | Download | n/a |
| Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | Download | n/a |
| Palembang | Indonesia | Southeast Asia | Download | n/a |
| Palermo | Italy | Europe & Japan | Download | n/a |
| Paris | France | Europe & Japan | Download | Download |
| Philadelphia | United States | Land-Rich Developed Countries | Download | n/a |
| Pittsburgh | United States | Land-Rich Developed Countries | Download | n/a |
| Port Sudan | Sudan | Northern Africa | Download | n/a |
| Pretoria | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | Download | n/a |
| Puna | India | South & Central Asia | Download | n/a |
| Pusan | Korea, Republic of | Eastern Asia & the Pacific | Download | n/a |
| Rajshahi | Bangladesh | South & Central Asia | Download | n/a |
| Ribeirao Preto | Brazil | Latin America & the Caribbean | Download | n/a |
| Saidpur | Bangladesh | South & Central Asia | Download | n/a |
| Sanaa | Yemen | Western Asia | Download | n/a |
| San Salvador | El Salvador | Latin America & the Caribbean | Download | n/a |
| Santiago | Chile | Latin America & the Caribbean | Download | Download |
| Sao Paulo | Brazil | Latin America & the Caribbean | Download | Download |
| Seoul | Korea, Republic of | Eastern Asia & the Pacific | Download | n/a |
| Shanghai | China | Eastern Asia & the Pacific | Download | Download |
| Sheffield | United Kingdom | Europe & Japan | Download | n/a |
| Shimkent | Kazakhstan | South and Central Asia | Download | n/a |
| Singapore | Singapore | Southeast Asia | Download | n/a |
| Songkhla | Thailand | Southeast Asia | Download | n/a |
| Springfield | United States | Land-Rich Developed Countries | Download | n/a |
| St Catharines | Canada | Land-Rich Developed Countries | Download | n/a |
| Sydney | Australia | Land-Rich Developed Countries | Download | Download |
| Tacoma | United States | Land-Rich Developed Countries | Download | n/a |
| Tebessa | Algeria | Northern Africa | Download | n/a |
| Teheran | Iran | South & Central Asia | Download | Download |
| Tel Aviv | Israel | Western Asia | Download | Download |
| Thessaloniki | Greece | Europe & Japan | Download | n/a |
| Tijuana | Mexico | Latin America & the Caribbean | Download | n/a |
| Tokyo | Japan | Europe & Japan | Download | Download |
| Ulan Bator | Mongolia | Eastern Asia & the Pacific | Download | n/a |
| Valledupar | Colombia | Latin America & the Caribbean | Download | n/a |
| Victoria | Canada | Land-Rich Developed Countries | Download | n/a |
| Vijayawada | India | South & Central Asia | Download | n/a |
| Warsaw | Poland | Europe & Japan | Download | Download |
| Wien | Austria | Europe & Japan | Download | n/a |
| Yerevan | Armenia | Western Asia | Download | n/a |
| Yiyang | China | Eastern Asia & the Pacific | Download | n/a |
| Yulin | China | Eastern Asia & the Pacific | Download | n/a |
| Zhengzhou | China | Eastern Asia & the Pacific | Download | n/a |
| Zugdidi | Georgia | Western Asia | Download | n/a |
GGMplus 200m-resolution Maps of Earth’s Gravity Field
Source: http://geodesy.curtin.edu.au/research/models/GGMplus/gallery.cfm
“GGMplus covers Earth’s land and near-coastal areas between +- 60olatitude with highest-resolution gravity maps. Explore the gravity field over six continents here. All data is accessible via our FTP-server.”
Pan Asia Mekong Exhibit University of Houston
Congratulations to the students of the Pan Asia Mekong Program (Instructors: Bill Truitt, Anne Haynes, Shelby Doyle) at the University of Houston on a great exhibit of their work from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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